I got catfished a couple years ago by someone using your picture. I was only 15 at the time. I was in a "Relationship" with this person for nearly 6 months. We'd talk about having a future together, and say "I love you" almost constantly. At this stage in my life I was lonely, insecure, and just wanting attention or to be recognized (Like any other teenager). I'm not saying I was a helpless victim. I knew the consequences and dangers of being online, I just didn't give a damn. I eventually got my phone taken away (because I was still a kid) leaving me with no contact with this person for months. I was in grief because I thought "I loved him" and wanted to at least be with him. Eventually I got in contact with him. I was crying with tears of joy because I finally got to talk with him again. Eventually I let go of him, too date a boy in my grade. Through out that entire ordeal I had a voice inside my head, Saying "This ain't right, and you fucking know it." I just wanted to live in that fantasy world I built with him a little longer. About a year later I go back to google+, looking for him. What I found has left me with so much guilt to this day. I saw that his backpage (the photo behind his profile picture) was a collage of underage Hispanic girls. The reason why I feel so much quilt for this is because I'm Hispanic myself. I introduced him to Mexican culture and life. I know I triggered that, because before he didn't care about any of that stuff. Looking at his bio confirmed it, it said something like "I love Mexican girls" or "Mexican chics are amazing" among those lines. I now think about how I might have set a predator onto these girls. Who don't deserve to be manipulated or hurt. All because some guy was enamored with me. I'm sorry for the long comment but I think you should know about this person being out there. I have no way of knowing where he is online or if he's even on google+. I hope you read this.
I have just recently been catfishes with someone who is using your photos. I caught on pretty quick but 4 years after you made this video it's still happening. Haha
Lmaooooo. So a guy I JUST NOW matched with on tinder was using your photos and I messaged them saying “you look way to pretty to be real” and they unmatched me straight away but not before I took a screenshot of the image and did a reverse image search and came across this video 😂
They use you as a RP (Role Player) character lately, that doesn't mean using your real life identity, if not only as avatar and they create the avatar's own life and story doing interpretation of it, it might be wierd for you but it's for fictional story reasons, with that they don't make their selves pass as you if not just making a character base on your fisical aparrience. They use Actors, Celebrities, Singers, RUclipsrs of all kind, Models, etc... So practicly they make out a facebook with a different name, on notes they make a biography of the character and use your pics (or whoervers). But of course everyone knows its not the real you. They interact and role play with other characters, it is pretty cool but weird if you think a lot about it. I could confess being in that world up to now, it is kinda funny saying that i used you as avatar for the stories (always putting "RP" to know that its fictional without intentions of passing as you). We only chat with fictional character too in a fictional way if it is out of role we put "//Usser: blablabla", we do not add real life people so they wont be misunderstandings. Just in case. The rest of the people is copy cats. A little explication of what "Role" is like, you role out the actions of your character with one person or more, example "- I walked down the street while i drinked a sprite, the weather was perfect for a Saturday afternoon. I felt how my phone vibrate in my pocket, so i decided to get it fastly seeing it was Emma (or the name of the other chracter/s)... blablabla - Hey Emma! yeah, i am almost at the park....blablabla.-" Ok i guess i got out of the principle theme. But lately they use you in representation of a character in a good way. (? lol
Guy on tinder was using your pictures- said he was from England but had just moved to Aus, but one of his pictures looks crazy familiar- reverse google image search and boom here we are.
you talked about exactly why I don't post photos online, I in my everyday life get mistaken for someone else. Myspace is where it started I got messages everyday saying we know each people will list a family tree as how we know each other only to find we don't. I still refuse to post any images of myself because of this and I don't think i will even with all my accounts set to private.
This happened to me. Im so sorry there was a guy on Facebook going by the name Jack Livingstone he made me have feels for you Blake.. again so sorry and when he told me he wasn't the person in the photo I searched your picture and Blake Steven came up. I reported the guy pretending to be you. I told him off for pretending to be a person who didn't deserve to have their face stolen. He then stalked me. All i could think was how bad i felt for falling for a guy who didn't know about it. A guy i thought I was talking to. But it was to good to be true any way. Guy like you ever liking a girl like me No 👎 maybe in my dreams. Your a sweet person blake sorry people do that to you. Also i love your work I love taking photos loved it when i was little i still take photos
I found your channel this morning and have now spent my whole morning binging on your videos..you are John Mayer's tidier doppelgänger. This story is pretty frightening.
there is another thing where people may use your photos as their character. called roleplay, it means no harm whatsoever, they use your photos mainly because you are attractive.
there's this thing called roleplay and people use other people's pictures as a 'character' it sounds creepy but the one I know of means no harm, they just don't use their own pictures because that defeats the point of roleplay. they won't even know your name but they just use you because you're attractive.
I got catfished ON GRINDR 😂. But it was a while ago and then I saw your photo again and was like hang on... but searching “cute guy with round glasses” did the trick.
hi Blake how are you? So, I've been through it. actually they stole pictures from my twitter and instagram so a guy named Muller called me in the instagram message saying that I had a relationship with him for almost a year. I was scared because at the time I was dating and I didn't use social media to look for romantic relationships. anyway, so I had to say that it wasn't me and all. then I had to delete my photos and I no longer put my locations in the photos. I'm currently focused on my books and there are still people who call me to talk about a fake profile on twitter with my name and my photos deceiving others.
I was lowkey just catfished by someone on tinder that used your picture but figured it out really quickly....I just posted a video about it if you're interested!!!! I found you because someone told me in the comments lol!
I tell you who does it. I really thought it was you. I can relate to you. I use kik and this guy is using your pictures... Damn I got fooled. He was just a friend and well he kept lying.
My friend encountered your catfish, it may sound weird but yeah basically someone else is using your pictures to be someone else; in the app called kik my friend got a notification that she got a new message from someone and she saw your picture as that guys profile picture, she ask for a live picture (if you don't know what live picture is, it is basically where you use the camera on kik to send someone a picture; you know what I mean), so as I was saying she ask for his live pic and he said he can't cause he was outside, so she just dismissed it an they've been chatting for 2 and a half months until she as for live pics again and all he send is a phone from he gallery, in kik it has a label whether you send a live picture or just a picture from your phone gallery, so he Send her a picture from his phone gallery and she she 'no I said live picture' and the guy had another reason why he can't send a live picture. So she texted me, she send me the picture and ask me if I can find that guy on the picture and the real guy behind your pictures which his name is Ronald Roy from Manchester, i did found the guy name Ronald Roy on Facebook and I googled the guy on the picture which is you and I found out that the guy on the picture's name is not Ronald Roy but Blake Steven and I told her everything I found out, one of it is that the guy on the picture is you and I told her you have a RUclips channel. So according to her she block the guy on kik
Well, the only thing in your favor is that this "stalker" was a SHE. Could have been the other gender. It isn't easy, but a determined person can find out where you live, or at least a neighborhood or small town.
Someone is chatting me with the name steve on the app called skout and told me to add him in kik with the name kaleidescope08 he's using your persona to catfish girls but gladly I didn't believe him.
I got catfished a couple years ago by someone using your picture. I was only 15 at the time. I was in a "Relationship" with this person for nearly 6 months. We'd talk about having a future together, and say "I love you" almost constantly. At this stage in my life I was lonely, insecure, and just wanting attention or to be recognized (Like any other teenager). I'm not saying I was a helpless victim. I knew the consequences and dangers of being online, I just didn't give a damn. I eventually got my phone taken away (because I was still a kid) leaving me with no contact with this person for months. I was in grief because I thought "I loved him" and wanted to at least be with him. Eventually I got in contact with him. I was crying with tears of joy because I finally got to talk with him again.
Eventually I let go of him, too date a boy in my grade. Through out that entire ordeal I had a voice inside my head, Saying "This ain't right, and you fucking know it." I just wanted to live in that fantasy world I built with him a little longer. About a year later I go back to google+, looking for him. What I found has left me with so much guilt to this day. I saw that his backpage (the photo behind his profile picture) was a collage of underage Hispanic girls. The reason why I feel so much quilt for this is because I'm Hispanic myself. I introduced him to Mexican culture and life. I know I triggered that, because before he didn't care about any of that stuff. Looking at his bio confirmed it, it said something like "I love Mexican girls" or "Mexican chics are amazing" among those lines. I now think about how I might have set a predator onto these girls. Who don't deserve to be manipulated or hurt. All because some guy was enamored with me. I'm sorry for the long comment but I think you should know about this person being out there. I have no way of knowing where he is online or if he's even on google+. I hope you read this.
The fact that you made the video exactly 4:20 makes me happy
I have just recently been catfishes with someone who is using your photos. I caught on pretty quick but 4 years after you made this video it's still happening. Haha
Lmaooooo. So a guy I JUST NOW matched with on tinder was using your photos and I messaged them saying “you look way to pretty to be real” and they unmatched me straight away but not before I took a screenshot of the image and did a reverse image search and came across this video 😂
They use you as a RP (Role Player) character lately, that doesn't mean using your real life identity, if not only as avatar and they create the avatar's own life and story doing interpretation of it, it might be wierd for you but it's for fictional story reasons, with that they don't make their selves pass as you if not just making a character base on your fisical aparrience. They use Actors, Celebrities, Singers, RUclipsrs of all kind, Models, etc...
So practicly they make out a facebook with a different name, on notes they make a biography of the character and use your pics (or whoervers). But of course everyone knows its not the real you. They interact and role play with other characters, it is pretty cool but weird if you think a lot about it. I could confess being in that world up to now, it is kinda funny saying that i used you as avatar for the stories (always putting "RP" to know that its fictional without intentions of passing as you). We only chat with fictional character too in a fictional way if it is out of role we put "//Usser: blablabla", we do not add real life people so they wont be misunderstandings. Just in case. The rest of the people is copy cats.
A little explication of what "Role" is like, you role out the actions of your character with one person or more, example "- I walked down the street while i drinked a sprite, the weather was perfect for a Saturday afternoon. I felt how my phone vibrate in my pocket, so i decided to get it fastly seeing it was Emma (or the name of the other chracter/s)... blablabla - Hey Emma! yeah, i am almost at the park....blablabla.-"
Ok i guess i got out of the principle theme. But lately they use you in representation of a character in a good way. (? lol
I've been whrited my book Vampires and Rock n roll inspired in your Pictures. Just. My fans Loves ...
Literally arrived at this video trying to figure out if I was being catfished!
I never knew Blake before after I met a catfish who pretend to be him and sent his pics to me and lied to me.
I thought you were my boyfriend, turns out I'm one of the people who got fooled *sigh
Guy on tinder was using your pictures- said he was from England but had just moved to Aus, but one of his pictures looks crazy familiar- reverse google image search and boom here we are.
you talked about exactly why I don't post photos online, I in my everyday life get mistaken for someone else. Myspace is where it started I got messages everyday saying we know each people will list a family tree as how we know each other only to find we don't. I still refuse to post any images of myself because of this and I don't think i will even with all my accounts set to private.
I just found your youtube because someone sent me a friend request on facebook using your pictures lol
This happened to me. Im so sorry there was a guy on Facebook going by the name Jack Livingstone he made me have feels for you Blake.. again so sorry and when he told me he wasn't the person in the photo I searched your picture and Blake Steven came up. I reported the guy pretending to be you. I told him off for pretending to be a person who didn't deserve to have their face stolen. He then stalked me. All i could think was how bad i felt for falling for a guy who didn't know about it. A guy i thought I was talking to. But it was to good to be true any way. Guy like you ever liking a girl like me No 👎 maybe in my dreams. Your a sweet person blake sorry people do that to you. Also i love your work I love taking photos loved it when i was little i still take photos
I found your channel this morning and have now spent my whole morning binging on your videos..you are John Mayer's tidier doppelgänger. This story is pretty frightening.
haha I see you watch The Flash
They use you as an rp character
Omg yes
Jessalyn Moreno 卌 true
I found a catfisher using your images, that’s how I got to this video
I was catfished on tinder with his picture
I was catfished by someone using his pictures on a different dating app!
I was catfished with his picture on chatous
I literally almost got catfished by someone using his pictures on instagram
Me too on christian cupid
there is another thing where people may use your photos as their character. called roleplay, it means no harm whatsoever, they use your photos mainly because you are attractive.
I was prepared for a British accent.... I like being surprised. His voice fits him better.
I hate that kind of person who steal a photo of you and try to have more friends or have a relationship with someone, they should be themselves
this latterly happened to me like days ago and I was like wtf
I'm from Edinburgh too!!
Hi Blake! I'm a huge fan and I love all your videos! Your adorable and again I'm a huge fan!!
THIS IS A PROBLEM I WILL NEVER HAVE BC ONLY HOT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS, IM GOING TO HELL FOR LAUGHING AT THIS
Te amo
there's this thing called roleplay and people use other people's pictures as a 'character' it sounds creepy but the one I know of means no harm, they just don't use their own pictures because that defeats the point of roleplay. they won't even know your name but they just use you because you're attractive.
Good way to approach the topic!
I got catfished ON GRINDR 😂. But it was a while ago and then I saw your photo again and was like hang on... but searching “cute guy with round glasses” did the trick.
hi Blake how are you? So, I've been through it. actually they stole pictures from my twitter and instagram so a guy named Muller called me in the instagram message saying that I had a relationship with him for almost a year. I was scared because at the time I was dating and I didn't use social media to look for romantic relationships. anyway, so I had to say that it wasn't me and all. then I had to delete my photos and I no longer put my locations in the photos. I'm currently focused on my books and there are still people who call me to talk about a fake profile on twitter with my name and my photos deceiving others.
This is crazy!!! The real question is what makes people do it?? It's crazy
Well you're really thoughtful
I was a victim of someone who had catfished me using your pictures.
There is a guy on bumble from around the Chelmsford, MA area who is using your pictures and is naming himself “Zac”
In a funny way its kinda a compliment to you, but still very creepy people doing it!
Aren't you there on Facebook? Then who am I chatting with since June 2015. Oh my God! 😯
thats so creepy woah
Got a message from one of these fake accounts on Facebook lol. I even told him this profile looks fake. Goes by name Johnny Blake
It works so well tho not gonna lie
Bro at least u're admitting it. If someone else wuld have been on ur place he wuld have enjoyed it.
OMG that was creepy!?
somebody was trying to catfish me with your picture as i was watching this video..
I was lowkey just catfished by someone on tinder that used your picture but figured it out really quickly....I just posted a video about it if you're interested!!!! I found you because someone told me in the comments lol!
Please come back to youtube 😢💘
I tell you who does it. I really thought it was you. I can relate to you. I use kik and this guy is using your pictures... Damn I got fooled. He was just a friend and well he kept lying.
If your voice was deeper you would be cuter but your voice is like a little boy going thru puberty
My friend encountered your catfish, it may sound weird but yeah basically someone else is using your pictures to be someone else; in the app called kik my friend got a notification that she got a new message from someone and she saw your picture as that guys profile picture, she ask for a live picture (if you don't know what live picture is, it is basically where you use the camera on kik to send someone a picture; you know what I mean), so as I was saying she ask for his live pic and he said he can't cause he was outside, so she just dismissed it an they've been chatting for 2 and a half months until she as for live pics again and all he send is a phone from he gallery, in kik it has a label whether you send a live picture or just a picture from your phone gallery, so he Send her a picture from his phone gallery and she she 'no I said live picture' and the guy had another reason why he can't send a live picture. So she texted me, she send me the picture and ask me if I can find that guy on the picture and the real guy behind your pictures which his name is Ronald Roy from Manchester, i did found the guy name Ronald Roy on Facebook and I googled the guy on the picture which is you and I found out that the guy on the picture's name is not Ronald Roy but Blake Steven and I told her everything I found out, one of it is that the guy on the picture is you and I told her you have a RUclips channel. So according to her she block the guy on kik
This guy on Facebook just added me using your pictures under the name "oliver smith"
Wow bunny I am iffat
My friend uses ur pics for a Rp character.
(But tells everyone they arent u)
So who am I speaking to these last month . It's creeping me out
You too, huh. Did he name himself Jay this time?
@@greninjathefrog he called himself blake Steven too and I cought him red handed but he ain't spilling 🤷. So I just block him
@@zyann6808 It is scary to know this is still happening after 5 years
@@greninjathefrog ikr
I was just catfished by someone using your pictures saying, saying that his name was Diego
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Well, the only thing in your favor is that this "stalker" was a SHE. Could have been the other gender. It isn't easy, but a determined person can find out where you live, or at least a neighborhood or small town.
Do you have snapchat??
Ya it's blakesteven
Amazes me that people would catfish, kind of sad
mine was on insta it finished yesterday. I busted his ass
I got lied to just yesterday. from a 2 year old friend.
Kshitiza Gosain your friend was 2?
Someone is chatting me with the name steve on the app called skout and told me to add him in kik with the name kaleidescope08 he's using your persona to catfish girls but gladly I didn't believe him.
beatriz panga omg same like right now
Myka Ocampo omg in skout also? Or kik?
beatriz panga Yes I'll show you add me on Facebook if you have it's Myka Zerina Ocampo